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This municipality was named for Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada.
Present Status |
Rural Municipality of Macdonald (25 May 1881) |
Incorporation History |
Rural Municipality of Macdonald (25 May 1881) |
Adjoining Municipalities |
Cartier, Dufferin, Grey, Headingley, Morris, Ritchot |
Constituent Communities |
Brunkild, Dipple, Domain, Ferndale, Fortress, La Salle, Mollard, Oak Bluff, Osborne, Sanford, Starbuck |
Land Area (square km) |
1158.33 |
Population
Year |
Total |
1871 |
800 |
1881 |
800 |
1891 |
819 |
1896 |
527 |
1901 |
1360 |
1911 |
2544 |
1921 |
2993 |
1931 |
3475 |
1941 |
3676 |
1951 |
3041 |
1956 |
2895 |
1961 |
2983 |
1966 |
3091 |
1971 |
3169 |
1976 |
3247 |
1981 |
3403 |
1986 |
3583 |
1991 |
3999 |
1996 |
4900 |
2001 |
5320 |
2006 |
5653 |
2011 |
6280 |
2016 |
7162 |
2021 |
8120 |
Reeves
Term |
Reeve |
1881-1884 |
A. Dryden |
1884-1887 |
T. A. Gamble |
1887-1889 |
William Parker |
1889-1891 |
John Wilson |
1891-1895 |
John W. Parker |
1895-1896 |
J. O. Faubert |
1896-1897 |
A. Meakin |
1897-1902 |
D. R. Stewart |
1902-1904 |
A. Wilson |
1904-1905 |
John W. Parker |
1905-1907 |
William H. Wheatland (1867-?) |
1907-1911 |
R. W. Woods |
1911-1912 |
John Fletcher Goldsborough (1863-1943) |
1912-1919 |
James Heron “Jim” Parker (1876-1960) |
1919-1927 |
Samuel A. Rodgers |
1927-1932 |
Charles Everett Sweeney (1873-1953) |
1932-1937 |
James C. Sim |
1937-1945 |
William Allinson |
1945-1953 |
Homer F. Mills |
1953-1960 |
Henry Magarrell |
1960-1977 |
Lloyd E. Magarrell |
1977-1986 |
Carl F. Pitura |
1986-1988 |
Donald Laverne Manness (c1943-2022) |
1988-1991 |
Victor F. Baleja |
1991-1995 |
Glenn Wayne Dressel (1943-1998) |
1995-2014 |
Rodney Burns (1944-2023) |
2014-? |
Bradley “Brad” Erb |
Clerks / Secretary-Treasurers / Chief Administrative Officers (1883-2006)
Term |
Clerk / Secretary-Treasurer |
1883 |
Cornelius W. Wheatland |
1884 |
A. M. Brown |
1885 |
R. W. Code
W. J. Robinson |
1886-1887 |
John Cuddy (1843-?) |
1888 |
A. Wilson |
1889-1890 |
A. Dryden |
1891-1906 |
John Cuddy |
1906-1932 |
Harold “Harry” Grills (1870-1954) |
1932-1942 |
Vernon E. Fox |
1942-1967 |
Gladstone C. Catley |
1967-1991 |
Lorne F. Erb |
1991-? |
Tom Raine |
Councillors (1881-2006)
Name |
Term |
W. Allinson |
1909, 1922-1927 |
D. Anseeuw |
1998-2002 |
V. Baleja |
1977-1989 |
S. E. Baldwin |
1946-1961 |
A. H. Bertrand |
1881 |
A. H. Bestland |
1995-1998 |
Cynthia Bisson |
1998-? |
W. H. Black |
1900-1902 |
J. Blanco |
1906, 1908-1910 |
H. Bohemier |
1911-1912 |
Rodney Burns |
1989-1995 |
B. Casselman |
1888-1891 |
S. Cockerill |
1992-1995 |
J. A. Cormier |
1909-1910, 1913-1920, 1923-1926 |
H. M. Courtney |
1909-1913 |
J. D. Cuddy |
1911-1928 |
James Anthony Cuddy (1892-1971) |
1948-1953, 1957-1970 |
W. Cummings |
1906-1908, 1910-1911 |
R. H. DeVos |
1973-1977 |
Doug Dobrowolski |
1992-? |
R. Doerksen |
1986-1998 |
A. Dryden |
1887-1889, 1892-1897, 1903-1905, 1908-1910 |
J. C. Dryden |
1920-1926, 1933-1938 |
G. Dyck |
1989-1992 |
K. Dyck |
1986-1989 |
Brad Erb |
2002-? |
J. P. Fast |
1928-1943, 1946-1950 |
L. Fetterman |
1940-1945 |
W. Flinn |
1929-1944 |
W. A. Fowler |
1887 |
M. Gaudry |
1902-1905 |
John Fletcher Goldsborough (1863-1943) |
1903-1907 |
Joseph Henry Goldsborough |
1954-1971 |
J. Grabowski |
1944-1945 |
C. Guilbault |
1898-1899 |
W. M. Herbert |
1920-1921 |
D. A. Houston |
1902, 1928-1939 |
George Junkin |
1995-? |
R. M. Junkin |
1971-1977 |
P. L. Kaminsky |
1951-1965 |
A. Kemp |
1889-1905 |
Roger Kirouac |
2002-? |
E. Lagace |
1980-1986 |
M. Lagace |
1961-1971, 1977-1980 |
W. Laughland |
1891-1892 |
Gilles Lavallee |
1998-? |
J. Lecomte |
1892 |
R. Livingston |
1944-1947 |
R. H. Longmore |
1903-1906 |
H. W. Magarrell |
1939-1953 |
L. E. Magarrell |
1947-1960 |
L. Manness |
1975-1986 |
F. W. Manness |
1890 |
J. Marshal |
1995-1998 |
A. McCurdy |
1898, 1900-1901 |
J. McDonald |
1898-1902 |
B. L. McDole |
1945-1956 |
P. McGrath |
1906-1908 |
G. McIntyre |
1877 |
R. McLean |
1900-1901 |
A. McPherson |
1977-1986 |
J. J. McRae |
1900-1901 |
A. Meakin |
1912-1919 |
D. A. Mills |
1912-1919 |
Homer Mills |
1928-1943 |
H. G. Mills |
1922-1926 |
D. Milne |
1903-1905 |
T. J. Montgomery |
1888-1889 |
C. A. Moors |
1926-1927 |
Joe Morse |
1972-1989 |
Bob Morse |
1995-? |
B. Murphy |
1986-2002 |
T. Nugent |
1889-1897 |
A. Olund |
1979-1992 |
W. Orr |
1902 |
M. Oughton |
1907 |
G. Parker |
1899, 1902-1903 |
J. W. Parker |
1887-1888, 1890 |
H. Picken |
1924-1925 |
Carl Pitura |
1961-1974 |
L. Poersch |
1989-1992 |
W. S. Reid |
1891 |
J. Rempel |
1978-1986 |
W. J. Robinson |
1889-1892 |
J. E. Rochon |
1921-1922 |
R. O. Rochon |
1937-1946 |
L. R. Russell |
1892 |
C. Ryan |
1986-1992 |
J. C. Sim |
1927-1932 |
J. J. Sim |
1954-1960 |
R. Smith |
1887, 1889-1891 |
C. E. Sweeney |
1911-1920 |
G. P. Wastle |
1898-1899 |
F. W. Weidman |
1962-1974 |
J. E. Wheatland |
1920-1921 |
William H. Wheatland (1867-?) |
1904-1905 |
W. A. Wilde |
1966-1974 |
A. Wilson |
1892, 1898-1902 |
T. Wilson |
1887-1888 |
R. W. Woods |
1906-1907 |
W. Wrixon |
1897-1899 |
Memorable Manitobans
Search the MHS collection of biographies for ones connected to Macdonald:
Historic Sites
Go here for a list of historic sites in Macdonald.
History Books
Go here for a list of history books for Macdonald.
Maps
Sources
Geographic Names of Manitoba, Manitoba Conservation, 2000.
Hugging the Meridian, Macdonald: A Manitoba Municipal History, 1881-1981 by Betty Dyck, 1981.
Obituary [Donald Laverne Manness], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 2022.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 February 2023
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